School officials in Topeka, Kansas asked Michelle Obama to be the guest speaker at their high school graduation ceremony on May 17th. She's just announced that she is accepting the invitation. The reason for the invitation is the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that declared separate-but-equal public education unconstitutional.
Well, I suppose that's all good and dandy, but students and families in Topeka don't think so. There are five different high schools in the district which normally hold separate graduation ceremonies. Having the First Lady speak necessitates a combined ceremony at the Kansas Expocentre, which seats 10,000; not all family members and guests will be able to attend and the ceremony is likely to drag on well into the night. Graduates and parents are ticked off, especially since invitations have already been sent out and now they must call the recipients and uninvite them.
Well, I guess that's life in the big city of Topeka.
And, that's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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